Lesser Taiwanese Shrew vs Souchet difforme

Chodsigoa sodalis compared with Cyperus difformis

Key Differences

• Lesser Taiwanese Shrew is Data Deficient while Souchet difforme is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew	Souchet difforme
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Soricidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Chodsigoa	Cyperus
Species	Chodsigoa sodalis	Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Souchet difforme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew	Souchet difforme
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Souchet difforme

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan